Before they walked away from Angela, have Angela insist on seeing where they had their grand fall into the muck. She needed to see where this happened. Describe them arriving where the board broke and Angela not understanding how they could have possibly had that messy of an outcome.
Describe Angela listing five observations of that muddy spot.
As Angela went to leave, describe her managing to fall in the same mud herself. (She was not pushed in. She didn't trip on a root). Describe some act of clumsiness or hubris that caused her fall. Describe her reaction to falling and what she said when it happened.
“Wait a second! I need to see where this grand fall of yours happened,” Angela insisted, a glimmer of mischief in her eyes. The trio exchanged glances, and though they hesitated, they knew they couldn't avoid it.
“Okay, just follow us,” Mary sighed, leading the way back to the pit where the wooden board had broken. The other two followed closely behind, still feeling the weight of their muddy predicament.
When they finally arrived, Angela peered at the muddy spot as if under a microscope, her expressive eyebrows furrowing in confusion. “I just don’t understand how you could have possibly ended up this messy,” she stated, scanning the area with keen observation.
“First of all, this mud doesn’t even look that deep,” she remarked, eyeing the pit where the board had once bridged the gap. “It’s really only a few inches at most. How did you even fall into it?”
“Second, I mean, were you all like, jumping or something? Because I don’t get how a little board could take you down like that,” she continued, shaking her head in disbelief.
“Third, the board itself looks completely intact to me! No splinters or anything,” Angela noted, crossing her arms and tapping a foot impatiently as if waiting for answers.
“Fourth, it’s surprisingly dry around here,” she added, gesturing to the surrounding grass, almost as if she couldn’t comprehend why the girls had gotten so dirty in what appeared to be a minor pit stop.
“And fifth,” Angela concluded, bringing her finger to her chin as if deep in thought, “why would you even risk it? Honestly, you couldn’t find a cleaner way to cross?”
Just as she finished her observations, Angela turned confidently to leave the muddy area, lifting her chin in the air as if to emphasize her achievement in maintaining a pristine appearance. But in a moment of hubris, she took a few exaggerated steps, clearly pleased with herself.
However, her sandals caught on the edge of a small slope leading into the muck, and before she could regain her balance, she lost her footing entirely and went tumbling forward. “Oh no, not me!” she gasped before plopping face-first into the very mud she had just critiqued.
As she tried to push herself up, her sundress was instantly soaked and smeared with brown. “This is just perfect!” she exclaimed incredulously, wiping mud from her face and staring wide-eyed at the girls. “I came to see you three in your disaster, and look at me now—this is going to ruin my entire afternoon!”
Mary, Beth, and Sally stood in shock for a moment before breaking into laughter, the irony of the situation flooding back to them as they watched Angela assess her new muddy reality. “Oh, the image is everything, huh?” Mary teased, her voice full of playful mockery.
“Welcome to the club, Angela,” Beth added, grinning widely.
Sally simply shook her head, chuckling. "Maybe you'll rethink the whole image thing now, huh?”
Angela attempted to regain her composure, but the glint of humor in her eyes showed that she too could laugh at the absurdity of it all. "Alright, maybe I’ll have to embrace a little more mud in my life,” she conceded, a smile breaking through her initial horror.